Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2541, Jabez Gibbs, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Gibbs, Jabez M. Nitable
V 2541 B.L.Wt. 7432-160-55
CONTENTS

4. 291
New York.
Sabez Gibbs, private.
Massachusetts line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of May, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th of Nov. 1818, and sent to Alexander St. John, Northampton, New York.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 3 m. 21 d. 31. 51 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Mar. 1818. 48. 00
$79. 51 Bradford
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
3 Years
Northampton,
Montgomery Co.
claim related to Widow's claim of David Johnson July 17. 48
A. Leamann May 13/51

627957 Act March 3rd 1875
Merited Cross Medal Dated 1875
Capt. Warden the War of the Rebellion Applicant Col is a Pension Act July Ent 3 1883
1883
627957 Feb 5 5 2887
Bryn Mawr
Private Bradford Regt Pa. Const. Line
Ad. 160th Col. 5. 1885
1885
H. G. Hawley Barnstable N.Y.
Vol. B. 50. 1885

2887
New York. A
Mehitabel Gibbs widow of John Gibbs
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Massachusetts Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of November 1853 and sent to
Rev. H. Gallagher
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 74 Vol. A

DECLARATION
Of a REVOLUTIONARY Widow who claims a Land Warrant under Act of March 3, 1855.
State of New York,
County of Fulton
On this third day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace within and for the county and state aforesaid. Mehitable Gibbs aged seventy-five years, a resident of Breadalbin, Fulton county in the State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Gabe Gibbs deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War that on account of the services of her husband the aforesaid Gabe Gibbs in said war she now receives a pension at the rate of eighty Dollars per annum under the Act of February 3, 1853, as will more fully appear by the evidence now on file at Washington recorded in Pension List Roll, Page 74, Vol. 4.
She further states that she was married to the said Gabe Gibbs in Schoharie County N.Y. on the seventh day of April A. D. 1805, by one Matthias Munn a Baptist Minister and that her name before her said marriage was Mehitable Munn and that her said husband died at Breadalbin N.Y. on the 25 day of April A. D. 1814, and that she is now a widow. That she has never before applied for nor received any Bounty land under this or any other act of Congress.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855, and she hereby requests the Commissioner of Pensions to forward her warrant to H. G. Hawley Breadalbin Fulton county N.Y. and appoint him my attorney to receive the same for me.
We Aaron Simmons and Mehitable Gibbs residents of Breadalbin Fulton County in the State of New York, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mehitable Gibbs in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. That said Mehitable Gibbs is unable to write her name by reason of infirmity of age. Therefore affixes a X for mark.
Aaron Simmons Mehitable Gibbs
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Thos P. Kennedy Justice of the Peace

State of New York,
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county, do hereby certify that date of the foregoing certificate, a
Clerk of the said was, on the day of the within and for the said County,
duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature thereto, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this day of
A. D. 185
62,795
Application of
William Gilmore
FOR BOUNTY LAND,
Under Act March 3, 1855.
Address
Miss Harriet Hendrickson Hulton St. N.Y.
Eliza, Jabez Mass. W25H

Broadalbin Jan'y 20 th 1857.
Mr Alexander H. Stewart
Dear Sir. You will please bear with me (although a stranger) in presuming to address a few lines to Your Honor, by the way of inquiry. & in the first place, I would say by the way of explanation, that my wife has an aged mother, who is the widow of an old Revolutionary Soldier by the name of Jacob Gibbs. Who served in the Revolutionary War for a certain period, the proof of which, you will find on the records at Washington. The old man drew a Pension, once or twice, under the no property act, after which, as man by the name of Bostwick for some cause or other reported to Head Quarters, that the old man had property sufficient for his maintenance, & the old mans pension was stopped. At a subsequent period, I think in 1826 the 3 d of March Congress passed another act, to the effect, that those who had property could draw a Pension, & on the 25 th of April the same year the old man died, leaving the old Lady, after my debts were paid off, without a home, & without the means of support. Soon after that she became a member of our family & has been dependent upon us for her support ever since. Nine years ago last August she lost her eye-sight in consequence of having the inflammation in them, & then about three years ago last September she had a fall & fractured her wrist on her right arm so that she has lost the use of that entirely. She has not since that time been able to prepare her own victuals nor to even dress her-self without help, so you see the situation she is in. Entirely helpless, & dependent-

upon us for a maintenance, & did you know our circumstances just as they are, I am quite sure, you would have advised us to have entered complaint to the Poor Masters of the Town, for her support before this time. Three years ago this winter I wrote to His Hon. Hugh White & to His Hon. Mr John A. Dix on the subject, & they both advised me to get up a special petition for her, which I did, and sent the same to Mr. John A. Dix, together with the old mans Certificate showing that he had been enrolled on the pension list, which they agreed to present to the Com y on pensions. Congress that same winter passed an act that all the widows of Revolutionary soliers then living, who was married previous to the year 1818 should be entitled to the pensions of their husbands, & I think together with their back pay. Said Bill was sent up to the Senate & was there amended, so that no widow who was not married previous to the year 1800, could draw their husbands pension, & the old Lady not being married until in April 1805, you see it prevents her obtaining any Pension. Last winter I see in the report of the Sec a recommendation to Congress to pass a Law, to grant the Pension Com power in certain cases to grant a Pension, and whether that Law was passed or not, I have not been able to learn. Now Sir that Petition, above referred to, together with the old mans Certificate, showing that he has rendered such service, & that he was entitled to a pension are there in the possession of John A. Dix, or of Congress. And, if such a Bill was passed, granting the Com power to grant pensions in

Certain Cases. I would be much obliged if you would see that it is looked up, and presented to said Com, and try & have something done for her, for I do think, that if there is any case of the kind in the known world, that ought to be carefully & seriously considered, it is this one. The old man having spent the best of his days in the service of his country, came from the close of the war into this Northern Country poor, with his health and constitution broken, in consequence of the toils & privations endured in the service of his country, to gain our liberties, and now, while he is mouldering in the cold embraces of death his aged companion has to suffer for the want of the necessary comforts of life. While there are thousands of other widows, (who have been placed, by good fortune or some other circumstances in ease & plenty) who have had pensions granted them & now at this moment are living on the interest of their pension money, & she as deserving, in reality, as any of them because, (forsooth) she did not get married quite as soon as they did, she , must be denied, & have to linger out the remainder of her existence, in this miserable condition. But, I must close this subject.
I see by the reports of Congress, that there is a Law passed, granting bounty lands in certain cases, & I am quite sure, that the old man never drew any, & if the widow, or the heirs of the old man are intitled to any bounty land, I should like to be informed of it, &c,

Now Sir I would like to enquire, 1 st - Whether the old Lady is not entitled to the Pension that the old man would have drawn under the act of 1826, at the time of his death. 2 nd - whether the old man has ever drawn his Bounty Land, or whether the old Lady is not now entitled to that. 3 rd Whether that Petition would avail any thing if it should now be presented to the Commodity on pensions. & 4 th If there is a prospect of her obtaining a pension, who is the proper person to ap- ply too, in order to get the same. One thing further, I am poor, and have just as much as I can do to get along, but if you can assist in getting the old Lady a pen- sion, I would be willing to compensate you well for all your services. I see by my last paper that there has just been a bill in Congress passed granting a Pension to a Mrs Sarah Mae Hay, a Widow woman, and I do not see why there cannot be a speci- al act passed for Mother Gibbs, as well as any other widow. Please answer this, & oblige yours, Yours truly Aaron Slemmond A. H. H. Stewart Esq.

4 One base v
Alexander St. John Agent Northampton N. York Recd. June 3 rd 1818
Joby Gillis
Northampton N.Y. 27 th May -
ILL
To the Honorable the Secretary at War of the United States
City of Washington
July 1818 -
Joby Gillis Jurat. Baldwin's Dep. Reg. 1777-1850

[No. 1.....DECLARATION.]
I Jabez Gibbs aged sixty years of the Town of Northampton in the county of Northampton in the state of New-York, Do, according to the act of the Congress of the United States of America, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," make the following DECLARATION under oath, that is to say: I do solemnly declare, that I am a resident citizen of the United States, to wit, in the town, county and state aforesaid, and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. I do further declare, that I was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution , and that I served as such in the said war of the revolution, against the common enemy, until the end of the said war  for the term of three years or more on the Continental Establishment
That I belonged to the company commanded by Captain Joseph Washburn in Gamaliel Bradford's regiment, and in the line of Massachusetts . And I do further declare, that I entered the said service the  in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and  Eighty and left the said service on the  in the spring of  one thousand seven hundred and  Eighty having left the same by reason of my three years term of service having expired and that I received an honorable discharge at West Point in the State of New-York and that the same is lost or mislaid so that I cannot find it that I was in the last Battle with Burgoyne at Saratoga and fought against him until he surrendered that I have no other evidence now in my power that I can produce
And I do further declare, that I hereby relinquish all claim to every and any Pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, or of any individual state. Witness my hand, this Seventh day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
WITNESS
Sworn Before me the 7th Day of May 1818 Jabez Gibbs  Avery Sturtevant Judge of Common Pleas Saratoga County —————
[No. 2.....JUDGE'S CERTIFICATE.]
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COUNTY OF Saratoga } To wit :
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the Seventh day of May in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen in the county of Saratoga and state of New-York, before me Avery Sturtevant Esquire, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the Said County in the said state, duly appointed, qualified and sworn, (the same Court being one of the Courts of Record of the said state) personally came and appeared, the before named applicant Jabez Gibbs who resides in the town, county
and state mentioned in the above declaration, and in my presence subscribed the foregoing Declaration; and also before me then and there he was duly sworn to the truth of the facts contained and set forth in the said declaration. And it appearing to my satisfaction, from the said declaration under oath of the said
Jabez Gibbs that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that the said applicant served in the Revolutionary War as in said declaration mentioned, against the common enemy, and that the declaration aforesaid under oath of the said applicant is in all other respects true, I do therefore certify and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, according to the requisitions of the act of Congress in that case made. Given under my hand and seal, at the County of Saratoga in the state of New-York, the day and year first above mentioned in this certificate.
Avery Sturtevant

Saratoga County ss. I certify that Avery Starkweather is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County and that the foregoing are his signatures. In testimony whereof I William Stillwell Clerk of the said County have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court - this 7 th Day of May 1818 -
W m Stillwell Clerk

The Honorable Secretary of the War Department,
SIR,
The preceding Vouchers are forwarded to the War Department for the purpose of procuring the Applicant, named in such Vouchers, to be placed on the PENSION LIST.
I will thank you to forward to me as soon as possible, the Certificate or Document of the Application being granted, in the manner adopted in your Department.
directed to the Post Office in the Town of Northampton County of Montgomery & State of New York
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Your most obedient servant,
Alexander S. Johnson Agent for the Applicant.

Application of Mrs Mehitable Gibbs widow Dabez Gibbs for Pension
under Act of 1853-
Filed Sept 9/53 By H. C. Gallacher

State of New York. County of Fulton } ss. -
On this the 26 th day of August in the year 1853. Personally appeared, before me Ora C Sears, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county and State aforesaid. Metable Gibbs, aged seventy five years, who first being duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3 rd day of February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the widow of Jabez Gibbs, who was a private in the Massachusetts Line, in the war of the revolution. That the said Jabez Gibbs resided in the town of Northampton county of (Montgomery) now Fulton, State of New York, and, while a resident of that place, received a pension for the term of about one year. That his application and certificates, are now on file in the Pension office, at Washington, D.C. that the said pension was discontinued by an Act of Congress, restricting the amount of property any person, could hold, and be entitled to the benefits of the pension act, and that no pension has been received by said Jabez Gibbs or herself, since that time. She further declares that she was married to the said Jabez Gibbs on the seventh day of April eighteen hundred and five, that her said husband, died in the town of Northampton on the twenty fifth day of April eighteen hundred, and twenty six that she was not married to him prior to the second day of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated that she made an application to Congress, for relief, about the year 1848, either by general or a special act, and forwarded, affidavits and certificates of identity and marriage which are now on file, in the office of the department at Washington which together with those of Jabez Gibbs she would refer for further particulars. Also the accompanying affidavits - She further declares that she is now the widow of Jabez Gibbs and has not been married since his death.
Metable her Gibbs - mark.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.
Ora C Sears Justice of the Peace Henry G Hawley. -Witness
I further certify that the said Metable Gibbs affixes her signature to all instruments by a X by reason of age and deficiency of sight and limbs -
Ora C Sears Justice of the Peace Henry G Hawley.

D.W.
WIDOW, &c.
Am
File No. 2541
Mehitable Gibbs
Widow
Jabez Gibbs
Rev. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:—Vol. a , Page 271
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Gibbs, Jabez Mass W 2541

State of New-York, } ss. Fulton County Clerk's Office, }
I, A. Anderson, Clerk of the said County, do hereby CERTIFY, that William Kennedy Ray , whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing, and endorsed thereon was, at the time of taking such Proof or Acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, and duly authorized to take the same: That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment is genuine: And that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New-York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, this
7th
day of
April
I. A. Anderson

No. 62795
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 13, 1855.
J. Gibbs Rev. War.
Warrant 7432-160-55
H. G. Hawley Broadalbin N.Y.

✓ 7432
S
Nov Acres

Sir - Please to state the date of the last pay- ment to the within Pensioner, and, if known, the term of his annuity.
Very Respectfully, G. Burt. Esq. } This is an order } J. Cole. Nov. 9. 53. } For Commissioners
Jobez Gibbs, act 1818 $8.00 - Paid to 1 st March 1820, then dropped from the Roll.
Edw. G. Bird Actg. Auditor.

No 3195 Mistletoe wood John Gibbs
Letter to Rev. H. Gehogkin Oct. 12 1853
Oct. 12 1853

Jan. 18, 1853. Appl. of Me- lible Gibon, widow of James,
Fullton co., N. Y. M 19 a/c 753.
(Death, March 25. 1826,
Rev. Allowed $80 per an from 3 Feb. 1853 to 12 Feb. 1853 , $43 84 Sup & Ref. R. H. Paton,
Present.
PENSION OFFICE. OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Commission

Iabez Gibbs - Private, Mass ts Line - Pensioner, N. York Roll. Act of 1818 - states that, he enlisted in 1777 for 3 years in Col: Gamaliel Bradfords Reg t and was finally discharged in 1780 - Not entitled to bounty land for his 3 years enlistment and service.

Affidavit of Mrs. Redway as to Identity of Melitah Gibbs widow of Isaac Gibbs

State of New York } Onondaga County } fs.
Thomas Redway of said County being duly sworn saith that he is acquainted with Mehitable Gibbs widow of Jabish Gibbs, that he saw the said Jabish and Mehitable Gibbs married, and that said marriage was solemnised in the town of Galway Saratoga Co, New York in the month of April 1805, on Sunday, the day of the month not recollected. Thomas Redway.
Sworn before me this 2 nd day of September 1853. S. C. Hemenway Justice of the Peace

Brief in the case of Mehitabel Gibbs, widow of Jacob Fulton County and State of New York act 3 Feb. 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original.) -
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Marriage and identity proved by parole evidence of two witnesses certified to be credible - He died March 25. 1826.
Paid to 4th March, 1820 Pension served 3 years, from March 25. 1777 at $8 per month - and then discharged name dropped, under the act of 1820.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Allowed at $80 per annum.
Name and residence of Agent
Robt N. Gallagher Present -
J. Adams, Examining Clerk.

Additional Evidence Case of Mr. Mehitable Gibbs widow of Isaac Gibbs
Filed Nov 8 th 1872 By H. K. Callahan. Atty

Thomas Redway, being duly sworn saith, he is acquainted with Mehitable Gibbs widow of Gaby Gibbs, and was so acquainted in the year 1805, and that he was present when, and saw the said Gaby Gibbs and Mehitable Gibbs married, and that they were married in the month of April 1805, that it was on Sunday, but he does not recollect the day of the month.
Thomas Redway
Subscribed and sworn before me this 31 st day of October 1853. And I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above deponent Thomas Redway, and that he is a man of good reputation and to the best of my knowledge, I know of no person whose statements would do more credit. S. C. Hemenway, Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. ONONDAGA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I Certify, That Thomas Redway whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the annexed instrument, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly qualified and authorised to take the same. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe the signature to said Jurat is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, at Syracuse this 1 day of Nov 1853.
Barnard Slocum Clerk.

POWER OF ATTORNEY,
FROM
Mehetale Gibbs
TO
H. B. Gallaher
1853
Rev.
Filed Sept 17 1853
BY
H. B. Gallaher
Attorney!
Copyrighted by John S. Gallaher, Jr.
Murphy & Co. Printers & Stationers, 178 Market St. Balt.

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all Men by these Presents,
That I Mehitable Gibbs Widow of Jobz Gibbs deceased resident of Broadalbin County of Fulton State of New York do hereby select, ordain, constitute and irrevocably appoint, with power of substitution, Re. H. Gallagher of Washington City true and lawful Agent and Attorney, for me and in my name, place, and stead; to examine into, enter, prosecute, file and defend; before the proper Department of Government, or other Tribunal; any claim, or suit, in my behalf, or in which I may be legally interested; by virtue of an Act of Congress passed; on the 3 d day of February 1855. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
Further empowering the said Agent and Attorney, or his substitute, to apply for, and receive, any Money, Bounty Land or Bounties, Pension Claim or Claims, or other Dues, of any kind whatsoever, that may be found to be due me for services rendered by the said Jobz Gibbs in the Massachusetts Line in the war of the Revolution, which will more fully appear by applications & certificates now on file in the office of the War Department in the city of Washington.
And further empowering my said Agent and Attorney, and authorizing him to receipt therefor, and give full and free acquittance thereof, in his name, as my Agent and Attorney in fact, but all for my benefit and behoof. Hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever the said Agent and Attorney may lawfully do, or cause to be done, as in these premises specified; and, as though I were present personally, and acting for myself. Binding my heirs, legal representatives and assigns to comply with, and fully carry out and complete any obligation, contract, or agreement, that is, or may be made between and my said Agent or Attorney, his legal representatives, heirs or assigns.
Signed, Sealed, and Acknowledged in presence of Cra C Sears Henry G. Hawley
In Virtue whereof, I do hereunto affix my Hand and Seal, this 26 th day of August 1855. Mehitable Gibbs mark -
I further certify that Mehitable Gibbs affixed her signature to all instruments by reason of age and deficiency of sight & limbs.
Cra C Sears Justice of the Peace Henry G. Hawley

State of New York.
County of Fulton
On this twenty sixth day of October August One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty three, before me, Ira C. Sears , a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Mehetable Gibbs the identical person whose name is attached to the annexed Power of Attorney , and being duly questioned, acknowledged the same to be her free act and deed, as specified.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my name, the day and year last above-mentioned.
Henry J. Hawley, Witness
Ira C. Sears Justice of the Peace
State of New York.
County of Fulton.
I, Peter W. Plantz Clerk of the County Court, in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Ira C. Sears whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing affidavit, is, and was, at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such, are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record having limited general jurisdiction.
Given under my hand and the Seal of my Office, at Johnstown this 31 st day of August A. D. 1853.
Peter W. Plantz Clerk.

Additional Evidence Case of Mr. Maritake Gibbs widow of Isabel Gibbs
Pension under Act of 1852
Beades
Filed Nov 8/63 By M. H. Callahan Atty

State of New York. County of Fulton.
On this the 27 th day of October in the year 1853. - personally appeared before me N. J. Johnson, Judge of the county aforesaid. Mehitable Gibbs, a resident of Broadalbin in the county of Fulton and state aforesaid, aged seventy-five years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 5 th February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Gabe Gibbs who was a private in the Massachusetts Line in the war of the Revolution. She further declares that she was married to the said Gabe Gibbs on the seventh day of April eighteen hundred and five. That her said husband died on the twenty fifth day of April eighteen hundred & twenty six. That she was not married to him prior to the second day of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow of the said Gabe Gibbs and has not been married since his death.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written. before me
N. J. Johnson
Mehitable her X Gibbs mark
Robt Hawley, witness.
County Judge of Fulton County
I further certify that the above named Mehitable Gibbs is unable to appear in court by reason of bodily infirmity
N. J. Johnson County Judge of Fulton County